This week
The UCONN Huskies will host the former Big East team the Temple Owls at 12 Noon at Rentschler Field on Saturday.
Here are the rosters for the Huskies and the Owls.
The Line/Prediction
UCONN is favored by 30
My prediction is UCONN 45 Temple 10
Tickets
As of the time of this post, there are tickets available.
Tickets to game, if available, may be purchased through Ticketmaster. You can check the availability here.
Getting To The Game
Here is all the parking info you will need for the game, this link includes directions to Rentschler Field. Here is a Rentschler Field seating chart.
The parking lots will open up 4 hours before kickoff. Here is a list of the tailgating rules at the Rent.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
Television
ESPN Regional has the television rights to the Big East Football games not being broadcast nationally. MyTV9 in New Haven and SNY will broadcast the game locally. Bob Picozzi and Doug Graber will be calling the game. The game can also be seen on Cox3 in Rhode Island, Altitude Sports in Denver and WPVI ABC6 in Philadelphia.
Radio
For the 16th consecutive season, WTIC 1080-AM in Hartford serves as the flagship station for the UConn Radio Network. WTIC is the state’s only 50,000 watt signal and can be heard in 23 states and parts of Canada. Veteran UConn announcers Joe D’Ambrosio (play-by-play) and Wayne Norman (color commentary) return to call the action with Kevin Nathan on the sidelines. The UConn pregame show begins 90 minutes prior to kickoff and is hosted by Bob Joyce, while at home games, the UConn Tailgate Show will air two and a half hours prior to the game with Arnold Dean. UConn football games are also broadcast over the internet at WTIC.com. For a full list of stations on the WTIC/UCONN radio network, click here.
If you live in the Philadelphia area and want the local online radio feed, click here.
Last Week
UCONN shutout Maine 38-0 in their opener while Temple lost to Buffalo 42-7.
History
This is the 10th time the two teams have met. Temple leads the series 7-2. Since UCONN moved up to Division 1 from 1-AA, the series is 1-1. UCONN won the last matchup in 2004, 45-31 at the Rent.
Connections
- Temple head coach Al Golden attended and coached at Red Bank Catholic High School in Red Bank, NJ. It’s the same school UCONN RB Donald Brown attended.
- Temple defensive line coach Jared Backus was a coach at Maine with UCONN defensive backs coach Scott Lakatos.
- Temple has eight Connecticut natives on their roster.
- Temple’s Andrew Foster and UConn’s Rob Theoudele were teammates at Willingboro High School in New Jersey
- Temple’s Nick Iadonisi was a teammate of UConn’s Donald Brown at Red Bank Catholic in Red Bank, N.J.
Other News:
The University of Connecticut Division of Athletics once again encourages all fans to take part in the “Husky Walk†before this Saturday’s football game vs. Temple at Rentschler Field.
The “Husky Walk†is a chance for UConn fans to greet the team as it gets off the team buses and make its way to the locker room.
Fans are encouraged to begin lining up for the “Husky Walk†two-and-a-half hours before kickoff – 9:30 a.m. for Saturday’s noon kickoff with the Owls. A public address announcement will remind fans of the “Husky Walk†at that time and there will be a special “five-minute†warning given over the stadium public address system and on WTIC NewsTalk 1080 as the team buses approach the stadium grounds.
UConn’s team busses unload for the “Husky Walk†near Gate D of Rentschler Field. The team walks along the road on the east side of the stadium (near the FanFest and blue parking lot) from Gate D to Gate C before entering the stadium at Gate C.
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The University of Connecticut Division of Athletics, working in conjunction with the FBI and the American Football Coaches Association, will distribute I.D. Kits as part of the National Child Identification Program as patrons leave Saturday’s UConn vs. Temple football game at Rentschler Field.
The I.D. Kit allows parents and guardians to collect specific information by easily recording the physical characteristics and fingerprints of their children on identification cards that are then kept at home. If ever needed, this I.D. Kit will give authorities vital information to assist their efforts to locate a missing child.
In 1997, the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) created the National Child Identification Program. I.D. Kits have been distributed through stadiums, churches and community events throughout the country. The goal of the program now is to reach all 60 million children in the United States.
In December 2001, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) joined in partnership with the AFCA to help increase parents awareness regarding the need to improve child safety. Agents have participated with the AFCA in numerous national, regional and local efforts to explain the problem of missing children and the importance of having a completed Child I.D. Kit to provide to law enforcement in the time of need. The FBI has encouraged all 18,000 law enforcement agencies throughout the U.S. to participate in the National Child Identification Program.
To see a map of where this will start click here.
Next Week
UCONN will heads to Pittsburgh to take on the Panthers at 7 PM at Heinz Field in the Big East opener for both teams.
